CVE-2015-3246
MEDIUM(5.1)KEV
Red Hat Libuser Race Condition Vulnerability
Description
libuser before 0.56.13-8 and 0.60 before 0.60-7, as used in the userhelper program in the usermode package, directly modifies /etc/passwd, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (inconsistent file state) by causing an error during the modification. NOTE: this issue can be combined with CVE-2015-3245 to gain privileges.
KEV Information
CVSS Score
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HOpen in CalculatorCWEs
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise linux | 5.0; 6.0; 7.0 |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 |
| libuser project | libuser | < 0.56.13-8; >= 0.60, < 0.60-7 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html(Broken Link)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html(Broken Link)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873(Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt(Exploit)
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-10147-chinese-speaking-adversary-integrates-agentic-ai-into-post-compromise-operations/(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-3246(US Government Resource)
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